Axis Q3517-LV, Q3517-LVE User Manual

AXISQ35Series

AXISQ3517-LVNetworkCamera

AXISQ3517-LVENetworkCamera

UserManual

AXISQ35Series

TableofContents

Solutionoverview...........................................3

Productoverview...........................................4

Setup.....................................................6

Howtoaccesstheproduct........................................6

Abouttheproduct'sbuilt-inhelp...................................7

Imagequality...................................................7

Overlays.......................................................11

Streamingandstorage...........................................12

Events........................................................13

Applications....................................................15

Troubleshooting............................................16

Howtoresettofactorydefaultsettings.............................16

Howtocheckthecurrentrmware.................................16

Howtoupgradethermware.....................................16

Technicalissues,cluesandsolutions................................17

Performanceconsiderations.......................................18

Specications..............................................19

LEDIndicators..................................................19

SDcardslot....................................................19

Buttons.......................................................19

Connectors....................................................20

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Solutionoverview

Solutionoverview

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AXISQ35Series

Productoverview

Productoverview

AXISQ3517-LV

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Networkconnector

2

Controlbutton

3

I/Oconnector

4

Audioout

5

Audioin

6

DCconnector

7

SDcardslot

8

StatusLED(2x)

9

Functionbutton

10

IRLED(2x)

AXISQ3517-LVE

1

Networkconnector

2

Controlbutton

3

I/Oconnector

4

Audioout

5

Audioin

4

AXISQ35Series

Productoverview

6

DCconnector

7

SDcardslot

8

StatusLED(2x)

9

Functionbutton

10

Heater

11

IRLED(2x)

CAUTION

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Setup

Setup

Howtoaccesstheproduct

AXISIPUtilityandAXISCameraManagementarerecommendedmethodsforndingAxisproductsonthenetworkandassigning
themIPaddressesinWindows®.Bothapplicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support

Theproductcanbeusedwiththefollowingbrowsers:

•Chrome

TM

(recommended),Firefox

®

,Edge

®

,orOpera

®

withWindows

®

•Chrome

TM

(recommended)orSafari

®

withOSX

®

•Chrome

TM

orFirefox

®

withotheroperatingsystems.

Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoaxis.com/browser-support

Howtoaccesstheproductfromabrowser

1.Startawebbrowser.

2.EntertheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisproductinthebrowser’saddresseld.

ToaccesstheproductfromaMaccomputer(OSX),gotoSafari,clickonBonjourandselecttheproductfromthe
drop-downlist.ToaddBonjourasabrowserbookmark,gotoSafari>Preferences.

IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilitytolocatetheproductonthenetwork.Forinformationabout
howtodiscoverandassignanIPaddress,seethedocumentAssignanIPAddressandAccesstheVideoStreamonAxis
Supportwebataxis.com/support

3.Enteryourusernameandpassword.Ifthisisthersttimetheproductisaccessed,therootpasswordmustrstbe
congured.

4.Theproduct’sliveviewpageopensinyourbrowser.

Aboutsecurepasswords

Important

Whensettingtheinitialpassword,thepasswordissentincleartextoverthenetwork.Ifthereisariskofnetworksnifng,
rstsetupasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionbeforeresettingthepasswords.

Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforthedataandservices.Axis’devicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasdevicesmay
beusedinvarioustypesofinstallations,buttoprotectyourdatadothefollowing:

•Don’tusethedefaultpasswordthatcomeswiththedevices.

•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablyusingapasswordgenerator.

•Don’texposethepassword.

•Changepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.

Setapasswordfortherootaccount

Important

Thedefaultadministratorusernamerootcannotbedeleted.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,thedevicemustberesetto
thefactorydefaultsettings.

Thedefaultrootaccounthasfullprivilegesandshouldbereservedforadministrativetasks.Alwayscreateauseraccountwithlimited
privilegesfordailyuse.Thisreducestheexposureoftheadministrativeaccount.

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Setup

1.Makesuretofollowtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords,seeAboutsecurepasswordsonpage6.

2.Typeapasswordandthenretypeittoconrmthespelling.

3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.

Abouttheproduct'sbuilt-inhelp

Youcanaccessthebuilt-inhelpthroughyourproduct’swebpage.Thehelpprovidesmoredetailedinformationontheproduct’s
featuresandtheirsettings.

Imagequality

Aboutcapturemodes

CapturemodedenesthemaximumframerateavailableintheAxisproduct.Dependingonwhichcapturemodeyouselect,you
maynotbeabletouseWDR.

Acapturemodeconsistsofaresolutionandthecorrespondingframerateavailableintheproduct.Thecapturemodesetting
affectsthecamera’seldofviewandaspectratio.

Thelowerresolutioncapturemodeiscroppedoutfromthehighestresolution.

Theimageshowshowtheeldofviewandaspectratiocanchangebetweentwodifferentcapturemodes.

Howtoselectcapturemode

Whichcapturemodetochoosedependsontherequirementsofframerateandresolutionforthespecicsurveillancesetup.For
specicationsaboutavailablecapturemodes,seetheproduct’sdatasheet.Tondthelatestversionofthedatasheet,gotoaxis.com

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